Blog Update May 2025
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Category: New York Journal of Books
The Franklin Stove: an Uninitended American Revolution, by Joyce E. Chaplin @ NYJB
The Franklin Stove “offers a multifaceted history of Franklin’s invention. Equal parts biography, design history, and environmental history, the book proves its worth by being highly relevant to today’s climate crisis.” Continue reading The Franklin Stove: an Uninitended American Revolution, by Joyce E. Chaplin @ NYJB
Wednesday Poetry Corner: At the End of the World There Is a Pond: Poems, by Steven Duong @ NYJB
“Love and death, suffering and addiction, family and displacement, all become interwoven into a commentary on the present intractable mess. Duong’s poetry assesses the situation with a jaundiced eye, yet his perspective also includes a stubborn hopefulness.” Continue reading Wednesday Poetry Corner: At the End of the World There Is a Pond: Poems, by Steven Duong @ NYJB
Annihilation, by Michel Houellebecq @ NYJB
Annihilation does provoke and offend and dazzle. Continue reading Annihilation, by Michel Houellebecq @ NYJB
Wednesday Poetry Corner: Mojave Ghost, by Forrest Gander
Mojave Ghost by Forrest Gander is a heroic quest against the inevitable challenges of loss, both personal and environmental. Continue reading Wednesday Poetry Corner: Mojave Ghost, by Forrest Gander
Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas
The book focuses on profiling the raw materials involved in the manufacture of perfumes. Continue reading Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas
Translation Tuesdays: Confrontations by Simone Atangana Bekono @ NYJB
“Bekono captures Salomé’s narrative voice. It is a voice at once tender, crass, intellectual, and rebellious, every bit as compelling as Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas.” Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Confrontations by Simone Atangana Bekono @ NYJB
Translation Tuesdays: Colonies of Paradise, by Matthias Goritz @nyjb
Ranging across the globe and excavating past and present, Colonies of Paradise by Matthias Göritz is a personal journey of self-discovery. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Colonies of Paradise, by Matthias Goritz @nyjb
Denver Noir, by Cynthia Swanson @ nyjb
“Denver Noir is a fascinating exploration of this sunny city’s dark side.” Continue reading Denver Noir, by Cynthia Swanson @ nyjb
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, by Steve Brusatte @ nyjb
“The Rise and Reign of the Mammals is an important book, full of fascinating mammals and the dramatic history of mammal paleontology.” Continue reading The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, by Steve Brusatte @ nyjb
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